If there is a 'weakened shade' by the time I get my wits about me again, I attack it, using the powers of darkness to Draw the half-life it resides in out of it's incorporeal body, and taking it as my own. Pretty much, try to drain it's life into me. If there is no shade that is semi-wounded, stumble back and shoot a black beam of lightning into one.

Grimh: 6: Grimh howls a battlecry, heartened by allies and the light around them. He cleaves the Shade in twain with his axe, and as the Shade evaporates, gets the axe stuck into the loam underfoot. [6 Damage!] [Pinned]

Tyrden: 3: Tyrden gets to his feet, unsteadily, and steps forward as Saucix's shade swiftly glides out of his reach, twisting towards Tyrden.

Tyrden reaches up, placing his hand on it's face.

[5 Damage] [+3 HP]

It shrivels up, the inky blackness fading into his palm, as he sucks it's lifeforce into him.

Inactive: Jezebel: Roll to Dodge!5: Jezebel feels a sudden chill, the air shifting. After a moment, it passes. There is no effect.

The clearing is suddenly still, no trace of the supernatural attackers. The moon glides out from behind it's cloudy veil.

Saucix: 6 A blazing white light imbues itself in Saucix. He crooks a hand at Tyrden. Tyrden lifts into the air, hovering above the ground for a moment, as the light washes over him. He is fully healed.

The rest of the night passes uneventfully, and dawn rises to reveal the roads around. To the North, the path leads on to the Long Forest, and old ruins poke above the treeline on the horizon. The mountains are to the East, and the path winds it's way up towards them. As for the west, it is a long trek to the port city on the sea, and a few towns are in between you and it.